Genus Dictyophara Germar, 1833

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• Dictyophara Germar, E.F. 1833. Conspectus generum Cicadariarum. Revue Entomologique (Silbermann) 1: 174-184 [175].

  Type species:

   Fulgora europaea Linnaeus, 1767 (=Dictyophara europaea Linnaeus, 1767) by subsequent designation, see Desmarest, E. 1849. Dictyophora. Dictionnaire universel d'Histoire naturelle 5: 2 [2].
• Avephora Bierman, C.J.H. 1910. Homoptera aus Niederlandisch Ost-Indien. II herausgegeben von D.MacGillavry und K.W. Dammerman. Notes from the Leyden Museum 33: 1-68 [12].

  Type species:

   Avephora pasteuriana Bierman, 1910 by monotypy.
• Pseudophana Burmeister, H.C.C. 1835. Schnabelkerfe. Rhynchota. Handbuch der Entomologie 2(1): 1-396 [159] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Dictyophara Germar, 1833].

  Type species:

   Fulgora europaea Linnaeus, 1767 by subsequent designation, see Westwood, J.O. 1840. Order X. Homoptera. pp. 115-117 in Westwood, J.O. (ed.). Synopsis of the genera of British Insects. An introduction to the modern classification of insects. Publication place unknown : Publisher unknown Vol. 2. [115].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Melichar, L. 1912. Monographie der Dictyophorinen. Abhandlungen der K.K. Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 7(1): 1-221 [114] (synonymy of Avephora)

Introduction

This genus has been used as a hold-all for species from many regions and it is almost certain that the single Australian species placed in it is not congeneric with the type of the genus. The genus was considered to be restricted to the Palaearctic region by Song & Liang (2013).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia

Diagnosis

No diagnosis is given for this genus since it is probably irrelevant to Australia.

General References

Song, Z.S. & Liang, A.P. 2013. Review of the genus Anasta Emeljanov (Hemiptera: Dictyopharidae: Hastini) from the Australasian region. Zootaxa 3741(4): 551–568 [554]

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